rapp creek hunting

[Rowboater]

Combined the results of two trips to the freshwater creek (five hours total of hunting).  Good variety, but no size and lots of broken stuff.  One place I was digging in fine gravel and found several vertebrae, few intact, skate teeth, lots of drum "teeth", many broken, and three angel shark teeth, one broken.  Also found small rootless tiger shark tooth and a badly broken small mako.  The other spot, more sand and shells (probably should start collecting them, just fragile) yielded mostly sand tiger teeth.  More overlap than I note here, but gives the picture.  Found three sand tiger symphysials, highly unusual (wish they were cowshark! ) Did find two broken cowshark teeth, one each spot).

 

 

 

 

 

[grandpa]

I just want to let you know that I really enjoy you sharing your Rapp Creek adventures with us.  I always enjoy seeing what you are finding.  I'm guessing you must have one heck of a voluminous and varied collection from Rapp Creek.  I'd love to have you share some of your "highlights" with us some time. 

[Fossildude19]

I concur with Grandpa. 

Just getting out there as often as you can, and even finding small stuff is cool to me. 

Thanks for posting.  

[Al Tahan]

I like what @grandpa said!! You should put together a little “best of 2019 so far” post. I’m curious what you have stacked up!

[Notidanodon]

I agree I love this series of fossil hunts 

[Rowboater]

@grandpa @Fossildude19 @Al Tahan @will stevenson  Thanks Everyone so much!  Good to see there's interest, even though my teeth are generally small.  I've been busy getting ready for Singapore, but managed three trips to the beach (mostly a winter storm thing) and a couple of trips to the Creek; good exercise!) so will post.

 

Obviously the main thing I find is sand tiger shark teeth, and my recent trips were spikes with minimal roots and hardly any cusps.  But I notice that drum teeth and angel shark teeth seem to be more rare elsewhere.  And along with all the sand tiger shark teeth, I find occasional sand tiger symphyseals, and rarely pathological teeth.  And  for me, tiger shark, hemipristis, mako make rare appearances.

 

I'm not well organized, but by the end of the year I'll try to put my collection in order to share here!

 

 

[Fossildude19]

Even small teeth are cool to see.

You've been getting out more than I, so I have been living vicariously through you.  

Keep on posting.   

[grandpa]

24 minutes ago, Rowboater said:

I'm not well organized, but by the end of the year I'll try to put my collection in order to share here!